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California plans to enlist AI to translate healthcare information
Los Angeles Times· 9 hours agoThe examples of how translation could go awry in any language are endless: Words take on new...
Mandarin Leaves a Manhattan Courtroom Lost in Translation
The Wall Street Journal· 2 hours agoThe New York trial of a Chinese businessman is Exhibit A for how language issues are gumming up...
Mission statement: Matanzas multi-sport whiz Jordan Mills bound for Hong Kong instead of college...
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo Sports· 2 days agoBut not much else. He’ll head to a training center in Provo, Utah, for nine weeks to learn Mandarin ...
Dictionary brings dying Beijing slang back to life
Mountain View Telegraph· 4 days agoThe New Beijing Dialect Dictionary, which includes 10,200 entries, is the first of its kind published since Xu Shirong's Beijing Local Dialect Dictionary ...
China actor Hu Ge builds bridges on trip to Taiwan, pushes collaboration
South China Morning Post· 4 days agoIn the highly successful drama series, Hu portrayed a character called “A Bao”, who leveraged...
Nymphia Wind, Drag Race Season 16 Winner, Says Drag Is ‘a Fight to Exist’
Teen Vogue via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHer moniker says it all: "Wind" and "crazy" share the same pronunciation in Mandarin Chinese, which...
Don’t Call It an ‘Ethnic’ Grocery Store
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 7 days agoLast year, Americans bought a half a billion packets of Shin Ramyun, the spicy, beefy Korean instant noodle. The bold red-and-black packaging feels...
Presenting Your 2024 Senate Race Ratings
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMost languages have their own terms for it: Scottish Gaelic has two, lùth (‘energy’) and beòthachd (‘vigor’); Mandarin Chinese three, lìliàng (‘strength...
iOS 18 features — find out which ones your iPhone supports
Tom's Guide· 5 days agoJust because your iPhone can run the latest version of Apple's iOS software doesn't mean every...
Why China takes young Tibetans from their families
The Economist· 5 days agoOn a recent Monday afternoon, though, chattering schoolchildren thronged this sacred neighbourhood in the heart of Tongren, a small mountain city known...